Combination furniture



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COMBINATION FURNITURE Filed June 2, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 z m k z BenneiZR.J0nas av Wi /M ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 23, 1938 UNITED STATESPATENT orrlcs Bennett Ray Jones,-Perryopolis, Pa.

Application June 2, 1936, Serial No. 83,138

2 Claims.

My invention relates generally to combination furniture and more specifically to a combination chair and cabinet.

The invention is designed primarily to provide an easy chair for use particularly by students, or in libraries, which embodies in its construction concealed storage depositories for a number of different articles prerequisite to study, correspondence, or relaxation, as desired, all of which are compactly arranged within easy reach of an occupant of the chair.

Other objects are to provide a combination chair and cabinet which is cornfortable strong and durable, inexpensive to manufacture, and

adapted for the storage of a large number of articles within a restricted space.

Other and subordinate objects, together with the exact nature of my improvements, will be readily understood when the following description and claims are read in conjunction with the drawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. v

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of the Q combination chair and cabinet of my invention illustrating the cabinet sections opened at the front thereof.

Figure 2 is a similar view with said sections closed.

Figure 3 is a view in vertical transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

, Figure 4 is a view in horizontal section taken on the line 4.4 of Figure 2 looking downwardly,

5 and,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view in vertical section of one of the cabinet sections.

Reference being had to the drawings by numerals, the combination chair and cabinet of my 40 invention comprises a seat I, a back 2, a removable seat cushion -3, and right and left hand end sections 4 and 5, respectively, constituting the arms and base or feet of the chair. The frame part 6 of the seat is of ornamental design,

45 as shown. The seat, back and cushion l, 2 and 3, are of the usual upholstered spring cushion type. The-details of construction of the interiors of theparts l, 2 and 3 are immaterial to the. present invention and therefore have not 5 been illustrated in the drawings. -T he seat I and back 2 are secured in any suitable manner between the sections 4 and 5 to be suspended thereby.

The sections 4 and 5 have the form of rectan- 55 gular cabinets of uniform size, each comprising ledge 23.

a bottom wall 1, side walls 8, a rear wall 9, and front and top door panels l0 and II, respectively. The door panels W and H are hinged to the sections t and 5, as at E2 and I3, respectively, to swing outwardly of the seat 3. The front door 5 panels it are provided with a suitable form of spring latch, indicated at M, and with tassels It for opening the same.

The left hand section 5 is provided with a plurality of horizontal drawers it slidably mounted 10 therein on guides ill and provided on their front ends with knobs it. The. top drawer it is designed as a combination smokers tray and depository for writing equipment. For this purpose the front end of the tray is partitioned longi- 15 tudinally and transversely, as at ill and iii, respectively, to provide a cigarette tray id and a tray iii for stubs or matches, having a removable ash receptacle it set into the bottom thereof. The rear end of said drawer it is partitioned g transversely, as at it, to provide a compartment it for writing paper or the like. The intermediate portion of said tray I6 is partitioned transversely, as at it, to form a compartment 2% for pencils and the like, a compartment 26 provided 25 with sockets 211 for ink bottles, and a pen-holder The lower drawers it provide ample storage space for miscellaneous articles not freq'uently used, for instance records or the like.

The right hand section 4 is provided with an 3 upper shelf 29, for books, slidably mounted therein between longitudinal guide bars an, and the shelf is provided with a combined knob and book end 29 so that it may be pulled forwardly for access to the books thereon from the front of said section. Beneath the book shelf 29 is a magazine rack 3| comprising a rectangular vertically disposed frame 32 slidably mounted in the section centrallythereof, below said shelf between the upper and lower pairs of horizontally disposed guide bars 33 and 34, respectively. The

. frame 32 of the magazine rack 3| extends from the bottom wall '1 of the section to the shelf 29' and supports a pair of upper and lower troughs 35 and 36 for the magazines. v

As will be seen, access may be had by an occupant of the chair to either of the sections 4 or 5 from either the top or front thereof, according to which article is desired therein and without the occupant of the chair having to rise from the seat i. In the case of the left hand section -5, smoking and writing equipment in the top drawer l6 thereof may be easily reached by way of top panel ll without pulling out said drawer, or, said drawer may be pulled out to locate the contents thereof in front of the occupant of the chair and within convenient reach of other individuals. In the case of the right hand section 4, books may be had from the top of the section and, by pulling out the book shelf 2!, magazines may be reached from the rack II or both may be easily reached by pulling out the shelf 29 and said rack 3|. If desired, the book shelf 29 and the rack 31 may be pulled out into extended position to give the appearaneeof an end table at one side of the chair. When the top door panels II are closed, they aflord broad and firm arm rests.

The foregoing description will, it is believed, suflice to impart a clear understanding of the details and advantages of my invention.

It is to be understood, however, that the details set forth are illustrative rather than restrictive and that right is .herein reserved to modifications of such details falling within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

What I claim is:

1. A cabinet having a shelf slidably mounted therein, and a rack mounted within said cabinet adjacent said shelf and having frame members slidably engaging said shelf and a wall of said cabinet whereby to permit sliding movement of said rack to projected and retracted positions relative to said cabinet independently of any operation of said shelf.

2. A cabinet fashioned with guide members, a shelf slidably mounted in said cabinet and equipped with guides, and a rack mounted within said cabinet adjacent said shelf and including a frame having rails, one of said rails slidably engaging said members and another of said rails slidably engaging said guides whereby to permit outward movement of said shelf and rack independently of each other and relative to said cabinet. v

BENNETT RAY JONES. 

